Colonial America A History in Documents |
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| Author:
| Gray, Edward G. |
| Series title: | Pages from History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-976594-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $72.68AUD $79.95 |
Book Description:
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By examining the lives of the colonists through their own words--in diaries, letters, sermons, newspaper columns, and poems--Colonial America: A History in Documents, Second Edition reveals how immigrants, despite their vast differences, laid the foundations for a new nation: the United States. This second edition includes a new chapter, "The Tumult of Empire," on the imperial tensions that erupted during this period and the internal strife within the colonies. Twenty-eight new visual...
More DescriptionBy examining the lives of the colonists through their own words--in diaries, letters, sermons, newspaper columns, and poems--Colonial America: A History in Documents, Second Edition reveals how immigrants, despite their vast differences, laid the foundations for a new nation: the United States. This second edition includes a new chapter, "The Tumult of Empire," on the imperial tensions that erupted during this period and the internal strife within the colonies. Twenty-eight new visual documents and ten new sidebars enrich this edition. There is a new note on sources and interpretation and there are updates to the further reading and websites recommendations.